Louis Epstein
David Flood <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>wrote: : "AC" <spam@nospam.com>wrote in message : news:3caa01b9.69686383@news2.randori.com... :>On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 19:13:07 +0100, "David Flood" :><NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>wrote: :>>The first priority of royalty, *always*, is to preserve their own :>>institution, no matter the cost. I could give you a *long* list of :>>examples, even from WWII. :> :>That is the goal of any form of government; monarchy, democracy, :>autocracy, theocracy, etc. Don't you think it a little strange to :>single out one form for such an accusation, when it applies to all :>forms? I can hardly fault the Queen for wanting to hang on to her job :>any more than I can fault Blair and Labour for wanting to hold on to :>theirs.

: They'll preserve themselves at all costs, not out of some notion of

: duty', but out of the insane delusions (about the supposed importance of : their own 'noble' blood and 'destiny') that blight Epstein's wits.

: I honestly regard them as a parasite on modern society (just like

: religions) - and they ensure the continued existence of the inevitable : rabble of lesser hereditary leeches.

I honestly think "modern society" a parasite leeching off the hereditary institutions that alone can ever possess relevance.